Supreme court upholds ban on term-time holidays

The supreme court has upheld the ban on parents taking their children out of school for family holidays during term time.In a unanimous decision, the justices upheld a fine imposed on a father for taking his daughter out of school for an unauthorised seven-day break in ...

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.... It’s appalling that so many passengers are in the dark about their travel plans, but if you cancel now, and the Ryanair flight does go ahead, you will not receive any refunds or compensation. Twitter is littered with complaints from travellers devastated by the Ryanair cancellations under the #Ryanaircancellations. ...